"gay marry" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gay marries [present, singular, third-person], gay marrying [participle, present], gay married [participle, past], gay married [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from gay marriage. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|gay marriage}} Back-formation from gay marriage Head templates: {{en-verb}} gay marry (third-person singular simple present gay marries, present participle gay marrying, simple past and past participle gay married)
  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To marry (a person of the same sex). Tags: nonstandard, transitive Synonyms: gay-marry
    Sense id: en-gay_marry-en-verb-gCu5n-ym
  2. (intransitive) To marry a person of the same sex. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-gay_marry-en-verb-FFYtn2KS
  3. (transitive) To unite in a gay marriage; to unite in marriage to someone of the same sex. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-gay_marry-en-verb-qvWverya Disambiguation of LGBT: 29 30 41 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English back-formations: 28 29 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 29 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 21 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 27 48

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